Kismet is an 802.11 wireless network sniffer. This is different from a
normal network sniffer (such as Ethereal or tcpdump) because it
separates and identifies different wireless networks in the area.
Kismet works with any 802.11b wireless card that is capable of
reporting raw packets (rfmon support), which include any Prism2-based
cards (Linksys, D-Link, Rangelan, and more), Cisco Aironet cards, and
Orinoco-based cards. Kismet also supports the WSP100 802.11b remote
sensor by Network Chemistry and is able to monitor 802.11a networks
with cards that use the ar5k chipset.

Changelog

2016-07-05 - mardnh@gmx.de
- Kismet 2016-07-R1:
* nl8011 support is fixed so finding the vif device works again
* full 5GHz channel discovery works now
* memory leaks in the drone are fixed
* some ncurses compile bugs are resolved

2014-05-27 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
- version 2013-03-R1b
* While this does not have major new features
(phy-neutral is still in development)
it includes a long list of bugfixes,
including better ncurses color support, radiotap fixes,
better interface control when setting channels, memory leak fixes,
better packaging for distros, and various other quirks.
- Switch build to libnl3.

2013-05-31 - coolo@suse.com
- do not hardcode automake 1.12

2013-02-23 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
- Verify GPG signature only for 12.3 and up, fixing 12.2 build
- verify in prep section, and only if macro is available

2012-11-28 - sbrabec@suse.cz
- Verify GPG signature.

2012-07-19 - dvaleev@suse.com
- fix ppc64 build

2011-09-28 - meissner@suse.de
- Kismet-2011-03-R2 released, includes:
- 2011-03-R2
New release to address a crash bug in Kismet when operating as a drone
(either kismet_server or kismet_drone).
- 2011-03-R1
fixes problems with changes in ncurses 5.8 (for the few
distributions which picked it up already) and is REQUIRED for Kismet
to work with ncurses-5.8. Also introduced is marginally more accurate
GPS averaging (still all the problems of weighting and averaging,
but eliminates the float drift), some compile time updates, other
minor tweaks.
Under the covers 2011-03 also contains the start of the new phy-neutral
common tracker layer, which will be replacing the current model of an
802.11-centric tracking layer. Anyone working on capture plugins for
non-dot11 protocols should start taking a look at the new tracking
layer. The dot11 tracking is being ported to the new layer and
eventually they old tracking code will be disabled.
- 2011-01-R1
Lots of bugfixes (netxml reference, 802.11d, mac80211 on legacy cards,
client preferences, client display options)
Ruby network API and example clients
Wifi NIC performance shoot-out tool
WPA Migration Mode detection
GPS logging in PPI pcap files
Per-capture source per-network and per-client signal tracking
Packaging scripts
- 2010-07-R1 changes:
Enhancements:
Ruby interface and examples
Proper TCP Async (for large numbers of drones and other situations)
Add hidedata= option for "safer" sniffing in public environments
Kluged escape handler for broken ncurses arrow handling on some systems
Add --no-root option for zero-priv drone-only deploys
Bugfixes:
Fix installation on Ubuntu dash
IPC updates and fixes for drone
IPC architectural fixes